Thank you Michael Mielke for sharing your family’s H. Robins Hollyday photo of threshing day in 1938 at Wye Town Farm. Mike identified Florence “Teddy” Mielke Shortall with the pitcher and her sister Dorothy Mielke Mullikin serving the African American workers after wheat threshing. Wye Town Farm’s original house off of Bruffs Island Rd. was built in 1810 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Lloyd family owned the property in the 18th and much of the 19th century. The Lloyds established the town of Doncaster or Wye Town as their shipping business center in 1707 at the mouths of the Wye and Miles Rivers. Wye Town Farm House is speculated to have been built as a residence of an overseer of the Lloyd’s agricultural activities.
Facts: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for Wye Town Farm 1980. Contact: Cathy Hill [email protected] to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS!
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